Ahmedabad vs Cape Town - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Ahmedabad	Cape Town
🚶 Cost of living one person	$471	$1120
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1155	$2628
🏠 One person rent	$182	$603
🏘️ Family rent	$340	$1117
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$284
🚐 Transport expenses	$57.5	$137
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$517	$1545
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	8 km	7 km
🎓 Higher education	56	55
😀 Quality of life	54	59
🏙️ Population	7.65M	3.78M

The cost of living in Ahmedabad is 58% less expensive than in Cape Town. Cities ranked 8798th and 4849th ($471 vs $1120) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 14th and 2nd in India and South Africa, respectively. Check India vs South Africa comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 1.1 months in Ahmedabad compared to 1.4 months in Cape Town. Ahmedabad ranked 18th best city to live in India vs Cape Town ranked 1st in South Africa, while ranked 5969th and 5407th among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Ahmedabad vs Cape Town

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	Ahmedabad	Cape Town
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.99	$7.8
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$14.3	$34
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$4.18	$5.15
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.6	$2.53
☕ Cappuccino	$2.16	$2.32
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.45	$1.04
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$156	$705
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$134	$452
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$376	$1367
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$251	$889
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$36.5	$59
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$56.2	$91.3
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$7.16	$41.1
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	9.06%	11.61%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$1192	$1902
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$792	$1292
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.3	$1.14
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$7.83	$45.3
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$3.43	$8.91
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$1.18	$1.36
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.75	$1.1
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.63	$1.07
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.81	$1.53
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.11	$2.67
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.48	$8.88
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$3.52	$5.96
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.96	$7.13
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.97	$1.58
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.72	$1.61
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.21	$1.51
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.69	$1.64
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.38	$1.53
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.41	$1.35
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.23	$0.66
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.06	$1.44
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$11.8	$5.57
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.01	$1.42
🚬 Cigarette pack	$4.17	$2.99
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$1.16	$4.24
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$2.96	$3.42
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.33	$2.24
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.07	$1.59
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$15.2	$36.2
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$3.88	$6.5
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$24.8	$38.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.37	$10.4
👖 Brand Jeans	$25	$52.1
👟 Brand Sneakers	$54.1	$103
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$70.4	$201
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1837	$4270

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Cities near Ahmedabad

Distance	City	Cost of living
23 km or 15 mi	Gandhinagar	$424
47 km or 29 mi	Nadiad	$399
66 km or 41 mi	Mehsana	$402
103 km or 64 mi	Vadodara	$406
110 km or 68 mi	Godhra	$391
148 km or 92 mi	Bhavnagar	$297
200 km or 124 mi	Rajkot	$326
206 km or 128 mi	Udaipur	$347
208 km or 130 mi	Surat	$785
234 km or 145 mi	Navsari	$284
256 km or 159 mi	Ratlam	$327
299 km or 186 mi	Bhuj	$295
314 km or 195 mi	Pali	$338
327 km or 203 mi	Ujjain	$285
332 km or 206 mi	Bhilwara	$360
336 km or 209 mi	Indore	$379
343 km or 213 mi	Malegaon	$394
343 km or 213 mi	Porbandar	$344
359 km or 223 mi	Nashik	$346
381 km or 237 mi	Jalgaon	$357
385 km or 239 mi	Jodhpur	$375
397 km or 246 mi	Vasai	$288
407 km or 253 mi	Kota	$368
418 km or 260 mi	Bhiwandi	$368
424 km or 264 mi	Kalyan	$396
430 km or 267 mi	Thane	$484
435 km or 270 mi	Ajmer	$299
447 km or 278 mi	Navi Mumbai	$480
451 km or 280 mi	Aurangabad	$406
453 km or 281 mi	Mumbai	$716
456 km or 283 mi	Mirpur Khas	$376
495 km or 308 mi	Bhopal	$367
501 km or 311 mi	Hyderabad	$315
519 km or 322 mi	Pune	$519
523 km or 325 mi	Akola	$304
537 km or 333 mi	Vidisha	$337
544 km or 338 mi	Jaipur	$395
553 km or 343 mi	Nawabshah	$341
560 km or 348 mi	Bikaner	$268
571 km or 355 mi	Sikar	$371

Cities near Cape Town

Distance	City	Cost of living
54 km or 33 mi	Paarl	$850
99 km or 62 mi	Worcester	$649
371 km or 231 mi	George	$790
644 km or 400 mi	Uitenhage	$901
662 km or 411 mi	Port Elizabeth	$970
664 km or 413 mi	Upington	$741
754 km or 468 mi	Makhanda	$792
821 km or 510 mi	Komani	$953
833 km or 518 mi	Kimberley	$859
845 km or 525 mi	Bhisho	$1286
882 km or 548 mi	East London	$703
912 km or 567 mi	Bloemfontein	$696
950 km or 590 mi	Mafeteng	$581
999 km or 621 mi	Maseru	$627
1002 km or 622 mi	Mthatha	$862
1029 km or 639 mi	Teyateyaneng	$533
1030 km or 640 mi	Welkom	$774
1034 km or 643 mi	Mariental	$832
1092 km or 679 mi	Butha-Buthe	$559
1092 km or 679 mi	Kroonstad	$788
1113 km or 692 mi	Klerksdorp	$689
1135 km or 705 mi	Mmabatho	$809
1155 km or 718 mi	Potchefstroom	$717
1187 km or 737 mi	Rehoboth	$779
1194 km or 742 mi	Lobatse	$692
1198 km or 745 mi	Kanye	$690
1208 km or 751 mi	Vanderbijlpark	$768
1217 km or 756 mi	Vereeniging	$717
1231 km or 765 mi	Pietermaritzburg	$674
1244 km or 773 mi	Soweto	$971
1250 km or 777 mi	Rustenburg	$943
1260 km or 783 mi	Gaborone	$718
1261 km or 783 mi	Molepolole	$654
1261 km or 784 mi	Johannesburg	$1079
1267 km or 788 mi	Randburg	$874
1269 km or 789 mi	Windhoek	$840
1270 km or 789 mi	Sandton	$997
1271 km or 790 mi	Durban	$834
1277 km or 794 mi	Gobabis	$818
1279 km or 795 mi	Walvis Bay	$790